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Mrs Pat Joffe, shot dead, Mnandi smallholding, Centurion

Jan 8 2012 - The SA Rhodesian Ridgeback Club ex-treasurer Pat Joffe badly beaten, shot dead, at Mnandi Centurion smallholding It is with deep sadness that the SA Rhodesian Ridgeback Club announces the death of its former Treasurer, Pat Joffe, who was murdered (badly beaten and shot) on her plot in Mnandi, Centurion, on Friday 6th January. Just a few days ago she put her name on the RR rescue list as, living alone, she felt that she needed to increase her security. May she now be re-united with her faithful hounds that have gone before.

The term "genocide" was coined by legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943, writing:

'Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actionsaiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.

The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of personal security, liberty, health, dignity and lives of the members of such groups... '